The Whitaker Family of Buncombe County, North Carolina and Genealogies of the Reed, Harper, and Wright Families


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Joshua Whitaker (ca.1676-ca.1715/19), a Quaker, married Jane Parker about 1696 and after his death, she and the family immigrated to Ireland. Two sons, William Whitaker (b.1701) and Peter Whitaker (1703-1758), immigrated by 1721 to Chester County, Pennsylvania, and the rest of the family followed about three years later. Descendants and relatives lived in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Texas and elsewhere. Some descendants became Mormons and lived in Utah and elsewhere. Includes some generations of probable ancestors in England, the Isle of Man and elsewhere.




Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986


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The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.




Possible Origins of Some Park Families in the Eastern Part of Old Rowan County, North Carolina


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For many years, researchers of the Parks families of the eastern part of old Rowan County, North Carolina, have puzzled over the origins of the several Parks who settled there in the generation straddling the Revolution. ... Three of the eastern Rowan County Park settlers, George Park (d. 1782), Noah Park (d. 1815), and Moses Park (1738- 1828), will be given particular attentions in this essay. ...







The Cox and Harmon Families of Elk City, Kansas


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Chester Claude Cox was born 1 April 1875 in Elk City, Kansas. His parents were Henry Cox and Nancy Collett. He married Lillie Mae Harmon (1878-1963), daughter of Joseph Clinton Harmon and Leah Lovia Merrill, in 1898. They had nine children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kansas.




The Dallas Quarterly


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Whitakers, 1086-1990


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The surname Whitaker appears to have originated with the English place- name of Whitacre. Alexander Whitaker was the first Whitaker to immigrate to America, arriving in Jamestown, Virginia in 1611. One of the earliest whitakers in Kentucky was Isaac Whitaker of Perry County. He and his wife, Susannah were the parents of nine children. Descendants live in Kentucky and other parts of the United States.







Notable Southern Families V1 (1918)


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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1918 Edition.